Reviews
True North
Calum Stewart | Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault
True North brings together uilleann piper and flautist Calum Stewart with Sylvain Quéré on bouzouki and Yann Le Bozec on...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2023
Blurring Into Motion
Whereas his lush debut The Divine Abstract was written and orchestrated over a seven-year period, London multi-instrumentalist and composer Cawood's...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2020
Havana Cultura: ¡Súbelo, Cuba!
The West likes to glibly glamourise Cuba, keeping it doing a shimmying dance in aspic. The reality is more complex...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
La Colère de la Boue
Charkha's second outing, La Colère de la Boue (The Anger of Mud), explores our complex, emotional connection to the natural...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: May/2019
Essia
Tunisian-born, Brussels-based pianist Wajdi Riahi is undoubtedly adept at composing and performing melodically and rhythmically complex contemporary jazz. Aided ably...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2024
The Rough Guide to Urban Mali
This is the music you hear all around the Malian capital, Bamako: in shops, in taxis, in trendy bars, in...
Reviewed by Bram Posthumus in issue: December/2020
Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony
The project Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony consists of a double album and book. Several electronic artists were commissioned to create...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: January/February/2022
The World of the Duduk
The Armenian duduk is one of the most beautiful instruments on earth. The soft, plangent sound exudes a sweet sadness...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Time Captain
Contemporary bluegrass- and rag-based groups often write and arrange their material to appeal to contemporary listeners – which might mean...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2017
